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It’s time for a Minister for Children, says Association of Play Industries

The Association of Play Industries (API) is lending its full support to the call for a Cabinet Minister for Children…


API supports Mental Health in Childhood report

The Association of Play Industries is attending the launch of the ‘Mental Health in Childhood’ report at the APPG on…


Association of Play Industries welcomes groundbreaking new research on parks and green spaces

Protectors and campaigners for our parks and green spaces, Fields in Trust, have today released the findings from the first…


API members welcome new Vice Chair

The Association of Play Industries (API) held its Annual General Meeting on the 26 April 2018 and appointed Fenland Leisure…


New Brand for the Association of Play Industries

The Association of Play Industries has today unveiled its new brand and website. The association’s new identity reflects their role…


MP calls for report into childhood obesity and the alarming decline in UK playgrounds

Chris Leslie, MP for Nottingham East, will call for research into the state of UK play provision in a debate…


We must act now to save our parks, playgrounds and green spaces, says API

New research from Fields in Trust showing the crucial role that parks and green spaces play in all our lives…


New Parks Action Group is ‘welcome’ and ‘urgently needed’ says the Association of Play Industries

The Association of Play Industries (API) has welcomed the announcement of the newly established Parks Action Group, to help safeguard…


Mumsnet take up the #Nowhere2Play campaign

Mumsnet, the website which campaigns on issues affecting parents, is today launching #Nowhere2Play as one of its Guest Campaigns. Chair of…


Hundreds of playgrounds set to close

Research undertaken by the Association of Play Industries has uncovered the extent to which local authorities across the country have…